Island Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[D]Sme[Am]ll[D][Am][D][F][E]
[Am]
so [D]sweet from [Am]here,[D]
[Am]can almost t[D]ouch it, i[F]t's so near
[E]Islan[Am]d of [D]my dre[Am]ams
[D]Not just a [Am]destination,
[D]but it'[F]s a nee[E]d
Songbirds and flowers
Se[C]ductive [D]ocean breeze
[E]More palm fringe lanes and sunsets
Than [C]anyone [D]could believe
[E]I've heard so much about it
[C]Don't know if I'll [D]ever get [E]there
Not sure I could do without it
It [C]comes with [D]me
[E]Everywhere[A]
Island of my [E]dreams[G]
Won't turn away from [D]me[E][A]
But how will it all [E]seem
If [G]I make it there event[D]u a[E]lly
[Am][D][Am][D][Am][D][F]
[E]
[Am]Floating aroun[D]d inside me[Am]
like [D]a sweet vanill[Am]a sun[D]dae
It's [F]everything I [E]need
[Am]My tropica[D]l sh[Am]irt's so fried
[D]It [Am]hurts
[A]Says [Am]I'm a k[D]ind of r[F]efugee
[E]From the isl[A]and of my dre[E]ams[G]
Won't turn away from [D]me, no, [E]no
[A]But how will it all [E]seem
[G]If I make it there even[D]tually?
[E]The[Am]re are other thi[D]ngs compet
[Am]ing for my a[D]ttention
[Am]Like cars and [D]homes
and in[Am]surance schemes
[D]But[Am] I'm sneaking
[D]with the safeguard
[Am]of my own inve[D]ntion
Is[F]land of my [E]dreams
Keeps the greatness at bay
[C]Middle -early terraces [D]melt away
[E]In the sunshine,
[C]on my way to the [D]underground
[E]Hot early morning breath
Smell of [C]newsprint in the [D]railway carriage
[E]Rich, minty, with a hint of smoke
[C]Old, just flattish, a [D]sinner[E]'s [A]joke
Island of my [E]dreams[G]
Won't turn away from [D]me[E][A]
But how will it all [E]seem
How will you [G]see
if I make it there even[D]tually?
[E]I k[Am]now there[D]'s a better
life out [Am]there[D][Dm]
[Am]Away from [D]those food airports
and [F]people with their [E]lives on hold
[Am]Oh, it's a bet[D]ter life from here[Am][D]
With [Am]pension plans, ca[D]reer plans
Sympath[F]etic deep blue remedies